† crawke, crauke Obs.
[Etymology obscure; but evidently closely akin to cracon, and perh. to crack v. or F. craquer.]
= crackling 3.
| c 1325 Prose Psalter ci[i]. 4 My bones dried as craukes. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 101 Cracoke [error for crawke], relefe of molte talowe or grese (v.r. crauche [? craucke], crawke or crappe), cremium. |